Securing and locking sliding doors



May 19, 1925. 1,538,242

L. COUNARD sEcunme AND LOCKING SLIDING DOORS Filed Feb. 4. 1922 I my. 1-

z o' 1 INVENTOR.

, A TTORNEYS.

Patented May 19, 1925.

' 'T 'JIQFF [C E LOUIS COUNARD. F BRUfiSELs; W1 SC0NSIN, ASSIGNORN OF GNE WHIBD T6 3'.

-' COUNARD- AND ONE-THIRDr-TO J.'-NEVILLE, BOTH 0F GREELI BAY, 'W-IS- GQNSIN.

. '1 "cSECURINGi AND .rlrQCiiljbH-ii SSILZIDING. "DOOR-S.

Application filedhFebrnary, 19,22. SeriaLN'O. 534,117.

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Be it known that I Loms (Jermain), a citi- .thelike...when thedooris closed. T he sta- J/en of the United States. and rresidentof ples. nlll'GlJlQfQl'tlblX\SQClllGCl to the, wall Brussels, iirtl'iecountv of Door and Statehof Adjacent. the door opening an d. are designed. 'Wisconsin have-.ii ted. new and useful to prevent the outward swinging of the door improvements in tcuring, and ..Loclting..or doorswhen they are in closed. position.

' Sliding;Doors,of'avhich'the following is a Tl henfront edges ..16 of the doors are description. reference ;being had to .the ,ac- .recessed at 1? to permit .the-unember 1.8 to companying drmvings, whichuarma part Of.-} l OjGtftbeyond the. doors when closed. The this specification. \iincntrber 18 is provided with an angularly This invention relates to improvements; in jniojecting lug 19 and is preferably supsecuring aud locking sliding doors, partic-. po1-tedby the ordinary bar 20. which exularly sliding doors supported on the outtends across the door opening inside the Side of the door opening. doors. This bar is supported by the usual Among other objects, the invention is inhooks 21 and may be removed in the usual tended to provide novel and improved means manner when it is desired to pass through for securing and locking doors of this type the door. against the outward displacement of the A latch 22 pivoted at 23 to one of the lower ti th f, doors is arranged to swing behind the lug The invention consists in the novel com- 19 when the doors are closed to assist in prebinations, constructions and arrangenrents venting the outward swinging of the doors. hereinafter described or claimed, for carrylhis latch may be constructed to serve as a ing out the above stated objects and such lock, it desired by providing an a-ngularly other objects as will hereinafter appear. projecting lug 24L thereon arranged to fall The character of the invention may be behind the hook 25 secured to the other 30 best understood by referring to an illustradoor. This hook preferably is merely an extive construction embodying the invention tension of a handle 26 secured to the door and shown in the accompanying drawing. and by means of which the door may be In said drawing: Y moved. Fig. l is an elevation of a pair of sliding If desired the lug 24 may be perforated 35 doors supported to slide on the outside of and the hook 25 provided with a lug 27 havthe door opening. ing an opening therein registering with the Fig. 2 is a section of a detail taken along opening in the lug 24- A lock such as a the line 22 of Fig. 1. padlock. may be passed through the regis- 3 is a detail section taken along the tering openings in order to lock the doors line Z3-3 of Fi 1. against unauthorized opening.

Fig. 4; is an elevation showing the locking It is obvious that the construction herein device. may be variously modified and it is not es- Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line sential that all features be used conjointly.

of Fig. t, showing an arrangement for Certain constructlons and arrangements locking the doors. may be advantageously employed in various Fig. (5 is a detall section taken along the combinations and sulrcomlnnatious. ilne 66 of Fig. 1. I claim:

I th d wi 10 and 11 represent a 1. The combination with a. pair of sliding pair of sliding doors, such as barn doors doors supported to slide across the door supported by suitable devices to slide along opening, a latch pivoted to one of said doors a track on the exterior of the door frame 13. and a keeper member supported independ- Ordinarily, in barn doors of this type the ently of said doors adjacent the abutting lower portions thereof are free to swing outends of said doors and arranged to receive wardly from the door opening in the event said latch. a hook on the other door ar- .5 pressure is exerted upon them, thus inseranged to receive said latch and alug on curely covering the door opening. said latch for preventing the withdrawal In the illustrative construction, each door thereof from said hook. is provided on the lower portion thereof 2. The combination with a pair of sliding w t a k member rran ed ea that h doors p r e to slide acr h door opening, a latch pivoted to one of said doors, and having an angularly projecting lug, a keeper member having an angular-1y disposed extremity supported by a bar across the inside of the door frame so as to project beyond said latch, a hook member on the other door arranged to receive said latch to prevent the opening of the doors, said latch arranged to fall behind the angular extremity of said keeper member for the purpose described.

3. The combination with a pair of sliding doors supported to slide across the door opening, a latch pivoted to one of said doors, and having an angular-1y projecting, perforated lug, a keeper men'iber having an angularly disposed extremity supported by a bar across the inside of the door frame so as to project beyond said latch, ahook member on the door arranged to receive said latch to prevent the opening of the doors, said hook provided with a perforated lug adapted to register with the opening in the lug on said latch so as to receive a lock.

4. The combination with a pair of sliding doors supported to slide across the door opening, a latch pivoted to one of said doors, and having an angularly projecting, perforated lug, a keeper member having an angularly disposed extremity supported by a bar across the inside of the door frame so as to project beyond said latch, a hook member on the door arranged to receive said latch to prevent the opening of the doors, said hook provided with a perforated lug adapted to register with the opening in the lug on said latch so as to receive a lock, said latch arranged to fall behind the angular extremity of said keeper member to prevent said doors from swinging away from the door opening.

In testimony whereof, I allix my signature.

LOUIS COUNABD. 

